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Award
COVID-19 Critical Community Challenge Grant
September 9, 2020
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The VSM Lab has been awarded funds to continue with Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Critical Community Challenge Grant, which seeks to develop educational modules to address communication problems and vocal health in healthcare workers. This grant is funded by the Center for Clinical & Translational Science and the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Phase 2 will begin this Fall.
(Pictured: Tulsi Patel, B.S. and Victoria McKenna, Ph.D).
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COVID-19 Critical Community Challenge Grant
July 15, 2020
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The Center for Clinical & Translational Science and Training at Cincinnati awarded Dr. McKenna a grant to assess the impact of mask use on acoustics and vocal fatigue in health care workers. The project is funded through the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
Publication
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
May 7, 2020
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Groll, M.D., McKenna, V.S., Hablani, S., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Formant-Estimated Vocal Tract Length and Extrinsic Laryngeal Muscle Activation During Modulation of Vocal Effort in Healthy Speakers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63, 1395-1403.
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Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
February 26, 2020
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McKenna, V.S., Hylkema, J.A., Tardif, M.C., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Voice onset time in individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorders: Evidence for disordered vocal motor control. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63, 405-420.
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Presentation
Women's Health Symposium
Lafayette, IN
November 1, 2019
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McKenna, V.S. "Voice Disorders in Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors Contributing to Reported Voice Problems."
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Publication
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
August 15, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., & Huber, J.E. (2019). The accuracy of respiratory calibration methods for estimating lung volume during speech breathing: A comparison of four methods across three adult cohorts. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62, 2632-2644.
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Presentation
Mi-Bio Summit on Flexible and Stretchable Bioelectronics | Lafayette, IN
July 30, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., Alvar, A.M., Zañartu, M., Malandraki, G.A., & Huber, J.E. "Neck-surface accelerometry in voice and swallowing research."
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Award
Honors of NSSLHA
NSSLHA National Organization
July 10, 2019
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Awarded to Victoria McKenna for service to the organization and commitment to undergraduate and graduate students within the field of CSD (Pictured left: McKayla Schloemer, Purdue Grad class 2021)
Presentation
Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium
Boston, MA
June 21, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., & Huber, J.E. "The accuracy of respiratory calibration methods for estimating lung volume during speech breathing: A comparison of four methods across three adult cohorts.”(Pictured right: Matias Zañartu)
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Publication
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
June 19, 2019
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Diaz Cadiz, M., McKenna, V.S., Vojtech, J.M., Stepp, C.E. (2019). Adductory vocal fold kinematic trajectories during conventional versus high-speed videoendoscopy. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62, 1685-1706.
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Presentation
Voice Foundation | Philadelphia, PA
May 31, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., & Stepp, C.E. "The relationship between acoustical and perceptual measures of vocal effort."
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Presentation
CEREBRAL Symposium | Lafayette, IN
April 17, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., & Huber, J.E. "The accuracy of respiratory calibration methods for estimating lung volume during speech breathing: A comparison of four methods across three adult cohorts.”
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Publication
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
April 15, 2019
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McKenna, V.S., Diaz-Cadiz, M.E., Shembel, A.C., Enos, N.M., & Stepp, C.E. (2019). The relationship between physiological mechanisms and the self-perception of vocal effort. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(4), 815-834.
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Publication
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
September 27, 2018
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McKenna, V.S., & Stepp, C.E. (2018). The relationship between acoustical and perceptual measures of vocal effort. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(3), 1643-1658.
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Presentation
International Conference of Voice Physiology and Biomechanics
East Lansing, MI
August 2, 2018
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McKenna, V.S., Diaz-Cadiz, M.E., Shembel, A.C., Enos, N.M., & Stepp, C.E. “The Relationship between Physiological Mechanisms and the Self-perception of Vocal Effort" (Top: STEPP Lab for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering; Bottom Left: Invited presentation; Bottom Right: Panel Discussion)
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Award
ASH Foundation New Investigator Grant Award
September 28, 2020
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Dr. McKenna has been award the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Investigator Grant for her project "Sensorimotor Reflexes in Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders."
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